Natural Flood Management work underway in Northumberland village

Work to install natural features to better protect residents in Acomb, Northumberland from flooding is underway.




East Midlands builder put environment at risk

£5,000 penalty for company and director.




Discharge of raw sewage lands firm in hot water

Yorkshire Water has been fined £233,000 and ordered to pay £18,766.06 costs and £170 Victim Surcharge after it admitted to being responsible for a sewage leak that led to the deaths of hundreds of fish in Tong Beck, near Bra…




North East charities benefit as stinky landfill operator pays £75,000 to make amends for Ryton blight

The operator of the former Path Head Quarry landfill near Ryton has agreed to pay £75,000 to local charitable causes after nuisance odours from its site blighted north east homes in 2016.




South West fisheries get a New Year boost

Thousands of fish have found new homes in Cornwall and around the Plymouth area thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual restocking programme.